The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-11-03
W C. T.U. COLUMN.
BIZ TIE LADIES or BOrTINEAU.


What evil Was ever blotted out by selling
it the right to exist! Can you think of even
one! Does the amount paid for the right I,
sell, mollify the effects Of the liquor sold
How high shall the license bs to make tn,
saloon productive of good! And just how
high must it be to make the business respect.
able! Will high-licease whiIksy restore hap.
pinsss to the home that low-licenss whiskey
dsstroysde Will blow, given TO defense.
lees wife elsss painful because administer
cd by husband dsvnk on hixh.licsnse wh,s-
Key! Does the amount paid for license less
On tho hsartache Of the mother It the Sigh.
OF drunken son rseling from the door sl
ono Of these legslizsd dens? Does the sor.
rowing wife, with her hungry children, find
relief in the amount paid for the license Of
the saloon that robs her! Have saloons over
blessed home or made single human b.
ing better! No! And you know, and 1
know, and every intelligent citizen knows,
and svery political party knows that from
the saloon system Of this country come only
degradation, misery. poverty, crime, and
hssrtsehs, and the licensing Of them, Or in
any manner giving them tho protection OF
the law, always has been, is now, and ever
will bs compromise with crime, and il !.
burning shame and disgrace to our civilirat-
ion.
1t b IN old saying that "nons srs % blind
A. those who will not sss.,' Il il squally
true that mono are 80 hopslsssly snslsves ..
those who falsely believe they are free.
There are worse prisons than those eonstruc-
Cd Of brick and stone and iron bars. The
worst bondage is our own se!fshusss. Iii,
the consciousness Of being right, the trn.h,
that makes men free. The man bshind IN.
prison bars sober is frssr than he who stands
in front Of them drunk.
Just think Of it! Four saloons to evsry
church, six bartendsrs to svery preacher.
thirty dollars expended for intoxicating
liquors for every dollar paid for Christian
missions, homes destroyed, manhood gone,
graves and prisons filled with tho victims Of
ths infamous traffic; then talk to mo Of tho
liberty Of the citizen finding lodgnsnt in
such system. E
Our wasted resources, dsbsuchsd manhood,
destroyed homes, and sching hssrts cry aloud
against this giant evil, the crime Of crimes.
And woe hs unto the political party Or in
dividnal that shall stand in the way Of On
indignant sud outraged people, - sh.y burst
ssundsr the political shackles that hsxs
bound them. and, with view solely to the
good Of the whole country, looking to God |
for His guidsnes, strike for purer govern
msnt. happier homes and higher civilisatiop! |
Dur co,iptry's Gag should know no North, No |
South, no East, No West; but it, protecting |
lolds should covsr alike the palatial mansion
'f the rich, the rude .:dug-out' ofths pioneer |
N the plains ef the West, or the humble
;abin Of the black man Of the South. Il
should Be the emblem Of sobriety and moral
ty. Of free schools, : free ballot and free
'ones, and the highest rights Of eitizsnship
sr every we'll disposed human bsing Of pro-
'sr ass from whom we demand allegiance to
our 6ovsrnmsnt snd obsdisncs 10 the laws,
I should boldly uphold and defend ths
light. and condemn the wrong. sad thus b.
'ens what it, feundsrs intended ii y b,
b symbel q ths highest civilizations sa.ain.
be By nan-nkssden undsr Christ.
/. &. @ss Josx r. Or. Jonx.